#jesus og josefine

[johnsspacesuittight]

I'm just thinking about the fact that like all major hollywood movies cannot for the life of them portray Jesus as anything other than white, meanwhile a Danish christmas calendar tv-show from 2003 managed to have a non-white Jesus

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

So in Sweden, every december they have a tv calendar, airing one episode a day all the way to christmas. They have been doing this since the 1960s, a new one each year. It’s pretty fun to see old ones and notice differences in quality.

I also know they have some christmas tv calendars in Norway and Denmark too, because some of them they dubbed and aired here as well. In particular I remember Jul i Svingen from Norway and Jesus og Josefine from Denmark.

Now, here, it’s practically a thing that EVERY YEAR, parents complain about something in these tv calendars. They have been doing this since forever. ”It’s too political”, ”it’s too childish”, ”it’s OCCULT AND WILL LEAD CHILDREN TO WORSHIP SATAN”, ”it’s too christian”, ”there isn’t enough christmas feel”, ”it’s way too offensive” etc.

I wonder if it’s the same thing in the norwegian and danish calendars… all I can imagine is people complaining about Jesus & Josefine, because that one was about a girl traveling back to year 12 and befriending Jesus as a preteen, and accidentally writes herself into the bible 🤣

[someone-you-do-not-know]

I'm so excited to watch Christmas calendars this year

Do you have any favorites or recommendations? 😊💖

Oh God, so many– *Goes off.*

I've always been a huge sucker for Christmas stuff, and every year, I watch 2-4 Christmas calendars – ones I haven't watched before, mostly. I've watched a few Swedish and Norwegian ones, but mostly Danish ones, so those are the ones I'll focus on (my Swedish mutual recommended some Swedish ones here).

First of all, I have to recommend Pyrus. It's a four season Christmas calendar about the nisser living in the Danish National Archives. Pyrus is a young nisse who's learning to be an archive nisse, and the humans working at the archive are also always up to something. It's not only fun, but also very educational – it was the show that taught me about Santa Claus' origins, for example. Seasons 1-3 are best (2 is the bestest of the best). Season 1 is called Alletiders Jul, season 2 is Alletiders Nisse, season 3 is Alletiders Julemand, and season 4 is Alletiders Eventyr. There's a movie too, but it's not worth watching. There's a lot of songs, and they're really good. Some of the special effects look dated, but it was very new when they were made. You need a subscription to TV2 to watch whichever one they choose to stream this year (it's season 1 this year), or a dvd set, though, so it's a little difficult to watch it.

Second one I'll recommend isn't really one I love that much, but it's iconic. Everyone quotes it in Denmark. The Julekalender (yes, that's the name) is about three nisser looking for the key to the spilledåse to save Gammel Nok. It's satirical and more for adults, and all roles are played by De Nattergale, a Danish band. The nisse characters speak a mix of English and Danish, and the humans mostly speak in a West Jutland dialect. It's another TV2 production, but it has been available every year for streaming around Christmas since 2017, because it's such a classic.

This next one is controversial, but I really liked it. Den Anden Verden from 2016 isn't the most Christmas, but the sets and costuming is amazing. It's about a pair of sisters, where one discovers that she can go to a fairy tale world when she is on the edge of death. Huge tw for suicide attempts/suicidal ideations. I love it for the bond between the sisters and the fairy tales they tell, but I know a lot of people thought it was too adult and didn't have enough Christmas in it. It's the first DR production, so as long as you're on a VPN for Denmark, you can stream it on dr.dk.

Okay, final two, even though I'm sure you're already overwhelmed.

Julestjerner, which marks the end of the musical Christmas calendars, is about a family moving out of the big city, where they end up putting up a Christmas show. There's also nisser, but they're not from where you think. The characters in it are a bit exaggerated, but it's very nice. And it has the best cello solo ever. This one is also on DR.

I'm a sucker for a period piece, and that's why I must recommend last year's Julehjertets Hemmelighed. It takes place in the 1800s, and is about Karen who is turning 13, which means she will no longer be able to see her best friend, the nisse Rumle. They perform a ritual, but then everything at the farm she works at starts going wrong. It's a good mix of Christmas and some darker elements for older viewers. Another DR production.

Honorable mentions: Jesus og Josefine, Jul i Valhal, Nissebanden (3 seasons), Tinka (3 seasons), Bamses julerejse, Yallahrup Færgeby, Torvet, and Jul i Gammelby (this one I'm going to watch for the first time this year). Honorable Swedish mention: Storm på lugna gatan (Danish title: Storm på Stillevænget). Honorable Norwegian mention: Snøfall (Danish title: Snefald).

There's also the ones for 2023, but I will stop now.

[hapalopus]

Ok so the song is called "Smile, Princess" and it's from the tv series "Jesus & Josefine" about a girl (Josefine) whose birthday is the 24th of December. She's sick of sharing her birthday with Jesus, so she travels back in time to undo it, but oops, she ends up traveling back to Teenage Jesus instead of Baby Jesus, and they fall in love.

Double-oops, this was actually orchestrated by the Devil who wants Jesus to not be the Messiah, and the Devil does succeed for a bit, turning the present day into a nightmarish hellscape where everyone is a prisoner. The Devil basically used Josefine as an avatar to tempt Jesus into ungodly stuff, like sports and love.

Anyways, Josefine undoes this at the end and sends the Devil back to Hell.

Here are the lyrics:

Pige, lige om lidt får du besøg af ham i rødt / Girl, in a moment you'll get a visit from that guy in red Pige, dit blik er uroligt, dine læber dufter sødt / Girl, your gaze is unsteady, your lips smell sweet

Smil Prinsesse, bliv nu min dronning i nat / Smile, Princess, be my queen tonight Du kan ønske lige præcis, hvad du vil have / You can wish for whatever you want

Holder du af historie? Sæt dig her ved min kamin / Do you like stories? Sit down by my fireplace Jeg ved det hele om Moses, Abraham og Benjamin / I know everything about Moses, Abraham, and Benjamin

Drøm Prinsesse, du er min honning i nat / Dream, Princess, you're my honey tonight Du kan ønske lige præcis, hvad du vil have / You can wish for whatever you want

Jeg vil give dig alt / I will give you everything Ja, du er så smuk og jeg faldt / Yes, you're so beautiful, I fell Svimmel og beruset / Dazed and intoxicated Lad os danse ud / Let's dance out Og blæse på samtlige bud / And not give a damn about the commandments Se på mig, jeg sværgеr ved din Gud / Look at me, I swear by your God

Pige, det jordiskе rige skal vi dele, du og jeg / Girl, the Earthly kingdom we will share, you and I Smil Prinsesse, bliv nu min dronning i nat / Smile, Princess, be my queen tonight Kom nu, sig hvad du vil have / Come on, tell me what you want

For jeg vil give dig alt / 'Cause I will give you everything Ja, du er så smuk og jeg faldt / Yes, you're so beautiful, I fell Svimmel og beruset / Dazed and intoxicated Lad os danse ud / Let's dance out Og blæse på samtlige bud / And not give a damn about the commandments Løftes op af suset / Uplifted by this rush

Jeg vil give dig alt / I will give you everything Ja, du er så smuk og jeg faldt / Yes, you're so beautiful, I fell Se på mig, jeg sværgеr ved din Gud / Look at me, I swear by your God

Jeg vil give dig alt / I will give you everything Ja, du er så smuk og jeg faldt / Yes, you're so beautiful, I fell Se på mig, jeg sværgеr ved din Gud / Look at me, I swear by your God

I wish I could explain how insane this christmas song is. It's like 'Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' except Santa is a heathenous sugar daddy and probably the actual Devil

[thevagueambition]

pretty wild of a kid's show anno 2003 to describe their protagonist as "The Concubine of The Tempter"

[christineforevigt]

Jeg kan huske en drøm jeg havde for mange, mange år siden. Jeg elskede julekalenderen Jesus og Josefine dengang. Jeg tilbragte tid sammen med Jesus, måske kyssede vi. Nogen ville skade ham, jeg kan ikke huske hvem. Jeg begyndte bare at SYNGE, jeg tror ikke det lød særligt godt. Men jeg troede på at det ville hjælpe på en eller anden måde

[downordic-blog]

Jesus Og Josefine - Season 1 Complete

Jesus.Og.Josefine.2003.3DVD.DANiSH.PAL.DVDR-sAnTa GENRE...............: Family, Sci-Fi Link................: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387749/ FORMAT..............: ISO (DVD5) MENU................: Yes LANGUAGE............: Danish SUBTITLES...........: Danish RELEASE YEAR........: 2003 VIDEO CODEC.........: 258 Mb/s, 720*576 (2:40:1) at 25.000 FPS. MPEG Video (PAL) AUDIO CODEC.........: 384 kb/s, 48.0 KHz, 16 bits, 2 Channels, AC-3 (DVD-Video) Read the full article

[son-of-saturn]

Et mesterværk. Ren og skær fantastisk

This mod stans Absalons Hemmelighed, don’t listen to the others

[irrelevantjo]

Jeg mødte Jesus fra Jesus og Josefine i byen i går

[ten-thousand-rats]

wait, they did this in "Jesus og Josefine", right? I think there was a plotline about Jesus going to the 21st century and there being this whole deal about hiding the crucifixion

So there was this advent calendar TV show (an actual thing in Scandinavia) that I saw when I was younger that was about a modern girl going back in time and befriending Jesus as a kid. Kid Jesus eventually found out that he was destined to die on the cross, freaked out and ran away from home to become a roman gladiator, causing the modern times to become a dystopia ruled by Satan or something. Why am I telling you this? Because I am tired and need others to know about this. Have a good day.

Is it bad that this reminds me of the movie I watched in school called My Friend Martin about kids at school traveling back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr as a child and telling him about the amazing post-racial future. So when they take him to the future, because he didn’t die for the civil rights everyone is just openly racist. So MLK goes back to his own time to immediately get shot.

Have a good day as well.

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Every christmas I get reminded of that danish christmas TV calendar about a girl named Josefine who travels back to the year 12 and befriends 12 year old Jesus and somehow writes herself into the bible

It was very wacky and got so popular it was aired in several country outside of Denmark.

Here’s a 5 minute video describing the plot more

[hapalopus]

Horeunger vil sige at DR1 laver de bedste julekalendere, som om TV2 ikke har givet os Jul i Valhal, The Julekalender, Jesus & Josefine, Pyrus og (ja, jeg siger det) Juleønsket. Hvad har DR givet os ud over Absalons Hemmelighed og Pagten? Nissebanden? Nissebanden er overvurderet; du er bare nostalgisk og havde et crush på Puk

[thevagueambition]

gotta love that the result of satan's scheme working out in jesus og josefine is literally just. fascism. lmao

[useless-denmarkfacts]

Lars Brygmann?

Lars Brygmann?!??!?!?Det eneste, jeg ved om Lars Brygmann er at hans bror er skuespiller i Jesus og Josefine, vores største og fineste kulturarv. - mod Tycho

[downordic-blog]

Jesus Og Josefine - Season 1 Complete

Jesus.Og.Josefine.2003.3DVD.DANiSH.PAL.DVDR-sAnTa GENRE...............: Family, Sci-Fi Link................: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387749/ FORMAT..............: ISO (DVD5) MENU................: Yes LANGUAGE............: Danish SUBTITLES...........: Danish RELEASE YEAR........: 2003 VIDEO CODEC.........: 258 Mb/s, 720*576 (2:40:1) at 25.000 FPS. MPEG Video (PAL) AUDIO CODEC.........: 384 kb/s, 48.0 KHz, 16 bits, 2 Channels, AC-3 (DVD-Video) Read the full article

[snakeryan]

This is how Jesus looked as a teenager #confirmed